Voice Mail Information

Voice mail is a voice answering service, very similar to an answering
machine, except no additional equipment is needed. It is active all the time,
even when you are on the phone. One of the best features of voice mail is that
you can retrieve your messages from any touch tone phone. Another feature is
that you can have two separate greetings, one for calls coming in from
on-campus, and one for calls coming in from off-campus.

Voice Mail messages are limited to 1 minute. Total storage time is 4
minutes. Messages already listened to are deleted after 3 days.

Log onto your mailbox.
Pressing 2 will play the message.
To delete that message, press 76.
Press 2 to play the next message, etc.
Press 83 to log off when you are done.
The system will only retain read messages for 3 days.

Log on to your mailbox.
Press 82.
Press 1 to record your external greeting, 2 to record your internal greeting, or 3 to record a temporary greeting.
Press 5, wait for the tone, and begin recording.
Press # to stop.
Press 2 to review your greeting. (If you want to re-record the greeting, press 76 to delete it, then press 5 to re-record it).
To set the expiry date for your temporary greeting, press 9.
Enter the month, day, and time, pressing # after each entry. For the current month or day, press # only.
For the standard expiry time of 12:01 a.m. with any future date, press # for time.
Pressing # # # sets “no expiry.”
To exit, press 4.

(Password must be 4 - 16 digits long)
Log on to your mailbox.
Press 84.
Enter your old password, followed by #.
Enter your new password, followed by #.
Enter your new password again, followed by #.
Press 83 to log off.
Your password must be changed every 90 days.

YOU CAN GET HELP DURING ANY VOICE MAIL ACTIVITY BY PRESSING # TO STOP THE ACTIVITY AND PRESSING * FOR HELP.

ADVANCED FEATURES

(To transfer a call into a voice mailbox)
Dial 2223.
Enter the mailbox number of the person you want to leave a message for, followed by #.
If you are transferring a call, just hang up; otherwise, leave your message after the tone, press # to stop recording, then press 83 to log off.

(Sends a recorded response to the originator of a message left in your mailbox)
Press 71.
Press 5, wait for the tone, and record your message.
Press # to stop.
Press 79 to send the message.
Press 83 to log off.

(Sending a message to more than one mailbox)
Log on to your voice mailbox.
Press 75.
Enter the list of mailboxes you want to send the message to (or the number corresponding to a distribution list you’ve created), following each mailbox number by a #.
After entering the last mailbox press # again.
Press 5, begin recording, press # to stop.
Press 79 to send the message to all the mailboxes.

(Allows you to forward a message from your mailbox to another mailbox)
After listening to a message, press 73.
Enter the mailbox numbers you are forwarding the message to, follow each number by a #.
Enter another # after the last mailbox number.
Press 79 to send the message.
Press 83 to log off.

(Sends a message to a list of mailboxes. You can have 9 lists with up to 99 entries)
Log on to your mailbox, press 855.
Enter a number from 1 to 9 to identify the list, followed by #.
Press 5 to compose the list.
Enter each mailbox number followed by a #.
Enter another # after the last mailbox.
Press 83 to log off

If you missed an important part of the message you can
“rewind”, so to speak, by pressing 1.
This skips back in the message in 5-second increments.
You can also skip forward in 5-second increments by pressing 3.

When logged in to Meridian Mail, press 75 to compose a message.
Enter the number you want the message delivered to followed by ##.
Press 5 to start recording and press # to end recording.
Press 706 – enter the delivery month, date and time (the time must
be in 24 hour format - so 2:30 PM would be entered as 1430), each
followed by a #.
Press 79 to save the message.

While you are playing a message, press 72
The message envelope will play; it is the number of the person who
left the message, the date and time it was sent, and whether there
are any attachments with it.
Press 2 after the envelope recording to continue playing the
message.

If you wish to assign a number that callers can refer to for more help, you can set the Operator Assistance Number.
In your Recorded Greeting, you would say something like "Please press 1 to speak to the department secretary" if that was your Operator Assistance number.
While logged into Meridian Mail, press 80
Press 1
Enter the Operator Assistance Number, followed by a # sign.